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JANUS-FACED

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Janus-faced mean?

• JANUS-FACED (adjective)
The adjective JANUS-FACED has 3 senses:

1. having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
2. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
3. having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past

Familiarity information: JANUS-FACED used as an adjective is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• JANUS-FACED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts

Context examples:

a Janus-faced view of history / a Janus-faced policy

Similar:

bipolar (having two poles)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

Synonyms:

two-faced; double-dealing; duplicitous; double-tongued; Janus-faced; double-faced; deceitful; ambidextrous

Context examples:

she was a deceitful scheming little thing / a double-dealing double agent / a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer

Similar:

dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past

Synonyms:

two-faced; Janus-faced

Context example:

Janus the two-faced god

Similar:

faced (having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination)

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